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  Cyprus

  Cyprus: Mass protests rocks ruling class

  January 24, 2003 Dave Carr, from The Socialist.

  ON 14 January an estimated 70,000 Turkish Cypriots – one-quarter of the northern Cypriot population – marched through divided Nicosia in support of a United Nations (UN) plan to re-unify the divided island.

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  ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019

  Belgium: 10,000 demonstrate in Brussels

  January 24, 2003 Geert Cool, Gent, 21 January 2003

  On 19 January 10,000 people demonstrated in a national anti-war demonstration in Brussels. The collaboration of the Belgian government, by allowing US troops and military transports to use the Antwerp harbour, and the international aspect [...]

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  ARCHIVE | Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução was the CWI section in Brazil until 2019

  Brazil: World Social Forum – 100,000 expected at WSF

  January 23, 2003 Interview by Marcus Kollbrunner, Port Alegre.

  The World Social Forum is a meeting place for all kinds of organisations that fight against neo-liberalism, including environmentalists, trade unionists, and others who wants to go further and seek an alternative, "another world", according [...]

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  Scotland

  Scotland: Fire service workers speak out

  January 23, 2003 Ray Gunion, Motherwell, International Socialists (CWI Scotland).

  In January the Scottish Executive attempted to put an amendment – the abolition of Section 19 – through parliament which would have made it easier to to close fire stations in Scotland. It would have [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: Solid support for firefighters strike

  January 23, 2003 From The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party, CWI in England and Wales.

  MATTHEW RICHARDSON from Lincoln reports how, led by a fire tender and carrying a coffin to symbolise the demise of the fire service, 200 firefighters and supporters marched through the centre of Lincoln.